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Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 178, no. 37 | tuesday march 12, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Sudoku 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Opinion: Chavez’ death brings
uncertainty to venezuela’s
political future. PAGE 4
Rave on: Beyond wonderland
aims high with a new venue
and a stellar setlist. PAGE 5
event
By nathaniel haas
daily trojan
Former California Gov. George
Deukmejian spoke to students
and faculty on Monday about the
importance of perseverance in the
face of failure.
During his speech, titled “If I Could
Do It, You Can Do It,” Deukmejian
recounted to a crowd in the Social
Sciences Building about how the
support of his family attributed to his
successes.
“I don’t have very much to tell you
about myself that is extraordinary or
different,” Deukmejian said. “I was
very fortunate to have wonderful
support from my parents.”
Deukmejian described his journey
from a New York State town with 1,700
residents to his time in law school,
where Deukmejian was approached
by a sergeant who presented a life-changing
opportunity to him: the
sergeant asked him for legal help.
“I went to this sergeant who I had
helped and asked if I could get my
Military Occupational Specialties
number and change my classification
from an infantryman because of my
law degree,” Deukmejian said.
Because of this interaction,
Deukmejian did not have to fight in
the military and continued with his
political career. After moving to Long
Beach in the 1950s, he became friends
with a State Assemblyman William
Grant through a Republican Party
club. Deukmejian then volunteered to
aid his campaign for reelection. When
Grant retired, Deukmejian then ran
for his seat and won. Deukmejian
decided to run for attorney general.
However, his bid was unsuccessful.
Former gov talks
persistence, success
George Deukmejian served as
California governor between
1979 and 1991 for two terms.
| see GovErnor, page 3 |
politiCS
By austin reagan
daily trojan
The mayoral primary election
on March 5 experienced one of the
lowest voter turnouts in Los Angeles’
electoral history, with 21 percent of
registered Angelenos showing up to
the polls on election day as of March
9, according to the New York Times.
Despite the more than $19 million
spent by the mayoral candidates
seeking to succeed Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in the
primary election, barely more than
one-fifth of the 1.8 million registered
LA voters voted in the election. This
figure, according to records kept by
the Los Angeles City Clerk, suggests
Students
react to low
voter turnout
Twenty-one percent of
Angelenos, the lowest in years,
voted in the March 5 election.
| see votE, page 3 |
reSearCh
By stephanie shimada
daily trojan
With the goals of spurring
innovation and bringing bioscience
research into the 21st century,
Research 2.0, an academic research
reform initiative from the School
of Pharmacy, has launched “March
Metrics,” the first open-source
competition that will recognize
the country’s most impactful,
productive researchers.
Created as a spin-off of NCAA
basketball’s March Madness for the
bioscience world, the competition,
which is being held until March 31,
will utilize a series of traditional and
digital metrics to provide a holistic
picture of bioscience research.
This competition aims to
promote and stimulate worldwide
research and help the bioscience
industry adopt 21st century tools,
such as digital media and improving
technological processes.
“This is a huge area that
no university in the world is
fundamentally looking at,” said
Research 2.0 Creator Llewellyn
Cox, a program administrator for
research at the School of Pharmacy.
“This initiative will look at things
like, ‘How do we share data better?
How do we leverage the power of the
Internet to do things faster, more
efficiently and, frankly, better?’”
March Metrics builds on the
Pharmacy School’s Research 2.0
initiative, which strives to connect
entrepreneurs and startups in
the bioscience industry, with the
academic community to foster
innovation by sharing ideas,
research and tools.
Cox and his team decided to
develop “March Metrics” as a
contest because they believe the
power of competition can encourage
important and needed changes.
“It’s a fundamental belief of mine
that competition spurs people to that
next level of innovating, of pushing
themselves,” Cox said. “At USC, we
want to be putting out students
who are recognized as being world-class
research scientists. By giving
them this sense of competition,
they will be better prepared for the
‘real world,’ where all of a sudden
they will be in a very competitive
atmosphere.”
Harshkumar Sancheti, a doctoral
student in molecular pharmacology
and toxicology program at the School
of Pharmacy, expressed enthusiasm
for the program’s potential.
“[March Metrics] will act as a
good incentive,” said Sanchetti,
who will be submitting a project
that investigates treatments
for Alzheimer’s disease. “It will
stimulate healthy competition
among students.”
Research projects will be
evaluated and scored on three
types of metrics: research
communication, data generation
and research funding. The projects
will receive scores based on factors
like where they are published
and the level of outreach done on
Facebook and Twitter. The school
will determine the winners from
a pool of competitors around the
country that include graduate
students, post-doctoral researchers
and faculty members. Winners will
get more recognition for when the
March Metrics website posts their
raw data and material online.
“The academic research
landscape ... operates in an insular,
patent, self-selecting environment,”
Cox said. “But, there is a huge
hope for citizen-science and small
startups to reform academia to
become a hub for diverse research.”
A significant component of the
project — and one that Cox said holds
the key to connecting the academic
community with entrepreneurs and
other outside innovators — is social
media.
“Social media gives you the
opportunity to engage on an
ongoing basis, and I think that is
what really solidifies communities,”
Cox said. “Sharing the pitfalls, back
steps and really finding an answer.
This is something we have lost in
science on a national effort. But this
is what [bioscience] is all about —
finding an answer.”
Martha Pastuszka, a fourth-year
graduate student also in the
molecular pharmacology and
toxicology program, said March
Metrics’ use of social media has
successfully allowed research to be
accessible in various formats.
“It makes it much more exciting
than just publishing in a paper and
then waiting a couple of months
down the line to see if someone cited
your paper or not,” Pastuszka said.
“You can potentially track whether
people are reading your stuff or
not and what kind of impact your
research has on greater scientific
communication.”
Pastuszka said her involvement
in the project has introduced her to
research on social media.
“When I started March Metrics,
I opened up a Twitter account, and
now I’m following other scientists
on Twitter,” Pastuszka said. “Not
only are they able to see my research,
Pharmacy school aims to engage researchers in online competition
March Metrics, the school’s first digital competition, will
recognize student and faculty’s important bioscience research.
| see MEtrIcs, page 2 |
razan al marzouqi | Daily Trojan
competition · Pharmacy students work in the USC Pharmacy in the Student Union. The School of
Pharmacy’s March Metrics competition aims to promote and stimulate research sharing through social media.
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Dropped
After an alleged fight, USC men’s basketball interim head coach
Bob Cantu indefinitely suspended senior center James Blasczyk
(right) and junior center Dewayne Dedmon. Read more on Page 12.

Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 178, no. 37 | tuesday march 12, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Sudoku 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Opinion: Chavez’ death brings
uncertainty to venezuela’s
political future. PAGE 4
Rave on: Beyond wonderland
aims high with a new venue
and a stellar setlist. PAGE 5
event
By nathaniel haas
daily trojan
Former California Gov. George
Deukmejian spoke to students
and faculty on Monday about the
importance of perseverance in the
face of failure.
During his speech, titled “If I Could
Do It, You Can Do It,” Deukmejian
recounted to a crowd in the Social
Sciences Building about how the
support of his family attributed to his
successes.
“I don’t have very much to tell you
about myself that is extraordinary or
different,” Deukmejian said. “I was
very fortunate to have wonderful
support from my parents.”
Deukmejian described his journey
from a New York State town with 1,700
residents to his time in law school,
where Deukmejian was approached
by a sergeant who presented a life-changing
opportunity to him: the
sergeant asked him for legal help.
“I went to this sergeant who I had
helped and asked if I could get my
Military Occupational Specialties
number and change my classification
from an infantryman because of my
law degree,” Deukmejian said.
Because of this interaction,
Deukmejian did not have to fight in
the military and continued with his
political career. After moving to Long
Beach in the 1950s, he became friends
with a State Assemblyman William
Grant through a Republican Party
club. Deukmejian then volunteered to
aid his campaign for reelection. When
Grant retired, Deukmejian then ran
for his seat and won. Deukmejian
decided to run for attorney general.
However, his bid was unsuccessful.
Former gov talks
persistence, success
George Deukmejian served as
California governor between
1979 and 1991 for two terms.
| see GovErnor, page 3 |
politiCS
By austin reagan
daily trojan
The mayoral primary election
on March 5 experienced one of the
lowest voter turnouts in Los Angeles’
electoral history, with 21 percent of
registered Angelenos showing up to
the polls on election day as of March
9, according to the New York Times.
Despite the more than $19 million
spent by the mayoral candidates
seeking to succeed Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in the
primary election, barely more than
one-fifth of the 1.8 million registered
LA voters voted in the election. This
figure, according to records kept by
the Los Angeles City Clerk, suggests
Students
react to low
voter turnout
Twenty-one percent of
Angelenos, the lowest in years,
voted in the March 5 election.
| see votE, page 3 |
reSearCh
By stephanie shimada
daily trojan
With the goals of spurring
innovation and bringing bioscience
research into the 21st century,
Research 2.0, an academic research
reform initiative from the School
of Pharmacy, has launched “March
Metrics,” the first open-source
competition that will recognize
the country’s most impactful,
productive researchers.
Created as a spin-off of NCAA
basketball’s March Madness for the
bioscience world, the competition,
which is being held until March 31,
will utilize a series of traditional and
digital metrics to provide a holistic
picture of bioscience research.
This competition aims to
promote and stimulate worldwide
research and help the bioscience
industry adopt 21st century tools,
such as digital media and improving
technological processes.
“This is a huge area that
no university in the world is
fundamentally looking at,” said
Research 2.0 Creator Llewellyn
Cox, a program administrator for
research at the School of Pharmacy.
“This initiative will look at things
like, ‘How do we share data better?
How do we leverage the power of the
Internet to do things faster, more
efficiently and, frankly, better?’”
March Metrics builds on the
Pharmacy School’s Research 2.0
initiative, which strives to connect
entrepreneurs and startups in
the bioscience industry, with the
academic community to foster
innovation by sharing ideas,
research and tools.
Cox and his team decided to
develop “March Metrics” as a
contest because they believe the
power of competition can encourage
important and needed changes.
“It’s a fundamental belief of mine
that competition spurs people to that
next level of innovating, of pushing
themselves,” Cox said. “At USC, we
want to be putting out students
who are recognized as being world-class
research scientists. By giving
them this sense of competition,
they will be better prepared for the
‘real world,’ where all of a sudden
they will be in a very competitive
atmosphere.”
Harshkumar Sancheti, a doctoral
student in molecular pharmacology
and toxicology program at the School
of Pharmacy, expressed enthusiasm
for the program’s potential.
“[March Metrics] will act as a
good incentive,” said Sanchetti,
who will be submitting a project
that investigates treatments
for Alzheimer’s disease. “It will
stimulate healthy competition
among students.”
Research projects will be
evaluated and scored on three
types of metrics: research
communication, data generation
and research funding. The projects
will receive scores based on factors
like where they are published
and the level of outreach done on
Facebook and Twitter. The school
will determine the winners from
a pool of competitors around the
country that include graduate
students, post-doctoral researchers
and faculty members. Winners will
get more recognition for when the
March Metrics website posts their
raw data and material online.
“The academic research
landscape ... operates in an insular,
patent, self-selecting environment,”
Cox said. “But, there is a huge
hope for citizen-science and small
startups to reform academia to
become a hub for diverse research.”
A significant component of the
project — and one that Cox said holds
the key to connecting the academic
community with entrepreneurs and
other outside innovators — is social
media.
“Social media gives you the
opportunity to engage on an
ongoing basis, and I think that is
what really solidifies communities,”
Cox said. “Sharing the pitfalls, back
steps and really finding an answer.
This is something we have lost in
science on a national effort. But this
is what [bioscience] is all about —
finding an answer.”
Martha Pastuszka, a fourth-year
graduate student also in the
molecular pharmacology and
toxicology program, said March
Metrics’ use of social media has
successfully allowed research to be
accessible in various formats.
“It makes it much more exciting
than just publishing in a paper and
then waiting a couple of months
down the line to see if someone cited
your paper or not,” Pastuszka said.
“You can potentially track whether
people are reading your stuff or
not and what kind of impact your
research has on greater scientific
communication.”
Pastuszka said her involvement
in the project has introduced her to
research on social media.
“When I started March Metrics,
I opened up a Twitter account, and
now I’m following other scientists
on Twitter,” Pastuszka said. “Not
only are they able to see my research,
Pharmacy school aims to engage researchers in online competition
March Metrics, the school’s first digital competition, will
recognize student and faculty’s important bioscience research.
| see MEtrIcs, page 2 |
razan al marzouqi | Daily Trojan
competition · Pharmacy students work in the USC Pharmacy in the Student Union. The School of
Pharmacy’s March Metrics competition aims to promote and stimulate research sharing through social media.
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Dropped
After an alleged fight, USC men’s basketball interim head coach
Bob Cantu indefinitely suspended senior center James Blasczyk
(right) and junior center Dewayne Dedmon. Read more on Page 12.